Free CodeWeavers Crossover License on October 28

CodeWeavers is making Crossover licenses available for free for one day only, October 28, 2008. The site is currently unable to handle the load, but you can submit an email address in order to register for a serial number. The offer limits one license per email address.

Since the entire site now redirects to the one [...]

Firefox Used up Almost 600MB Memory

This morning, I noticed Firefox was awfully slow. I clicked on one bookmark and had to wait for the tab to load before I could open the second bookmark. Usually, I open both bookmarks one after the other.

I opened Task Manager to check how much memory it was using. It was over 580MB! I used [...]

Tip: Activating Google Screensaver with Keyboard Shortcut

I’m all about keyboard shortcuts. Particularly since my main computer at home is a laptop, the less I have to move the cursor, the better.

I installed Google Screensaver on my work laptop also. The thing was that the usual keyboard shortcut that I usually use to lock the screen, ctrl-alt-delete, did not immediately activate the [...]

How to Install Applications on Linux

I found this page today that finally helped me understand how to install applications in Linux: HOWTO: Use dpkg to Install .deb Files:

To install a .deb file, become root and use the command:

dpkg -i filename.deb

In order for me to run the command as root, I was supposed to use:
sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

However, [...]

Upgraded All My Computers to Firefox 2

I’ve figured all the issues I had with upgrading to Firefox 2 and now all three of my computers are running the latest version with no problems.

The previous issues that made me revert to Firefox 1.5 after attempting the upgrade:

Lost bookmarks

It turned out what made the bookmarks disappear upon upgrade was that the Firefox process [...]